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Concubine Number 20

(Excerpt from the novel) “I can’t believe you can hear me!” Alessandro said excitedly. “Finally.” He’d been wondering how long he was going to have one-sided conversations with the girl, but now it seemed that they could talk to each other at last. ‘Yes, I can hear you,’ I replied. ‘But who exactly are you?’ I asked for the third time, feeling my fear slowly getting replaced with mild irritation. It was one of my pet peeves. It always annoyed me when someone answered my question with another question. Alessandro hesitated, not wanting to reveal his identity right away. “How about you?” he replied, diverting the topic back at her. “What’s your name?” I scoffed at his statement, now flat out annoyed. The nerve of this guy to keep throwing the question back to me! ‘I’m 20,’ I replied with a sigh, giving in. ***** Alessandro had the strange ability to hear Na-ri’s voice when no one else could. He didn’t know that she was actually his lowest ranked concubine in the imperial palace – Concubine Number 20 – and that she had somehow been teleported from modern-day Seoul. She, in turn, had been delegated to the role of a servant and had no idea she had been talking to the emperor of Luxentfort Empire all along. Can their mutual curiosity about each other gradually blossom into a romance strong enough to defy their social ranks – and transcend worldly boundaries?

Mootsie_4082 · Fantasy
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80 Chs

Slow-Acting Punishment

The girl continued to kneel, her forehead touching the cold stone floor and her eyes squeezed shut as tears flowed, making her hands damp. But it seemed as though no amount of begging would dissuade Princess Lucrezia from executing her punishment. When she heard nothing but silence, she finally lifted her head and saw that the princess hadn't moved from her spot and was looking down at her with emotionless eyes, still holding out the vial. "I-I will drink it, Your Highness," she acquiesced. Drinking the poison herself may be the marginally better option – at least that way, the liquid didn't have to be shoved down her throat by force.

"Good," I smiled. "Do it now." The girl took the bottle with a trembling hand. She was shaking so much that it took a few tries before she could open the lid, and when she did, she turned even paler. Closing her eyes, she drank the content, and afterward, she held the bottle upside down to show the princess that it was empty.